inhold

English

Etymology

From in- +‎ hold. Compare Old English onhealdan (“to hold, keep, maintain”). More at in, hold.

Verb

inhold (third-person singular simple present inholds, present participle inholding, simple past inheld, past participle inheld or inholden)

1. to contain, hold in.
   • 2002, Brian Massumi, A shock to thought: expression after Deleuze and Guattari:

     Sound implicates these obscure tethers, which connect sound to noise, thereby giving sound its sense. The implicated difference inholds an obscure reserve of sense.

2. to possess inherently, contain in oneself

   The light which the sun inholds and casts forth. ― Sit Walter Raleigh.

Synonyms

• possess

Related terms

• inholding
• inholder

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Old English

Adjective

inhold

1. utterly loyal, loyal from the heart

   Abbodissum wé tǽcaþ ðæt hí inholde sín and ðæs hálgan regoles gebodum eallum móde þeówigen, — We teach abbesses to be truly loyal, and to be subservient to the commands of the holy rule with all their mind,

Declension

Mark that masc sing should be inhold rather than inholda.

Weak							Strong
	singular			plural				singular			plural
	m	n	f					m	n	f	m	n	f
nominative	inholda	inholde	inholde	inholdan			nom.	inhold	inhold	inholdu	inholde	inholdu, -e	inholda, -e
accusative	inholdan	inholde	inholdan				acc.	inholdne	inhold	inholde	inholde	inholdu, -e	inholda, -e
genitive	inholdan			inholdra, inholdena			gen.	inholdes	inholdes	inholdre	inholdra
dative	inholdan			inholdum			dat.	inholdum	inholdum	inholdre	inholdum
							instrumental	inholde